Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/lankás

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

    An o-stem derivative of *lenk- (“to bend”), with no certain cognates outside of Balto-Slavic.[1][2] See *lénktei (“to bend; to twine”) for more.

    Noun

    *lankás m

    1. bow

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
      • Latgalian: lūks
      • Latvian: loks
      • Lithuanian: lañkas
      • Samogitian: lonks
    • West Baltic:
      • Old Prussian: lunkis (“angle”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *lǫ̑kъ (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “lankas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 273
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lǫ̑kъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 289: “m. o (c) ‘bow’”
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